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Alternative Technologies for the Destruction of Chemical Agents and Munitions (1993)

Chapter: C Letter from Charles Baronian, Dated August 7, 1992

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Suggested Citation:"C Letter from Charles Baronian, Dated August 7, 1992." National Research Council. 1993. Alternative Technologies for the Destruction of Chemical Agents and Munitions. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/2218.
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Suggested Citation:"C Letter from Charles Baronian, Dated August 7, 1992." National Research Council. 1993. Alternative Technologies for the Destruction of Chemical Agents and Munitions. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/2218.
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C LETTER FROM CHARLES BARONIAN, DATED AUGUST 7, 1992 213 C Letter from Charles Baronian, Dated August 7, 1992 This appendix contains a letter dated August 7, 1992 from Charles Baronian, Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aberdeen, Maryland and provides the following information to the committee: • A paper (enclosure 1) providing estimates for the times and testing required for development and implementation of an alternate technology. • An information paper (enclosure 2) that discusses chemical agent monitoring limits. • An information paper (enclosure 3) that summarizes the criteria and costs for disposition of hazardous waste from Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System (to include material designated as ''3X").

C LETTER FROM CHARLES BARONIAN, DATED AUGUST 7, 1992 214 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY PROGRAM MANAGER FOR CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION (PROVISIONAL) ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, MARYLAND 21010-5401 -7 AUG 1992. Office of the Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization Dr. John P. Longwell Professor, Chemical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 66-456 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Dear Dr. Longwell: Enclosed are material requested by the Alternatives Chemical Demilitarization Technologies Committee. Specifically, the following information is included: a. A paper (enclosure 1) providing estimates for the times and testing required for development and implementation of an alternate technology. Time estimates are provided for taking a technology from lab scale to full scale and for a more mature technology (one which has been demonstrated at the pilot plant scale). b. An information paper discussing chemical agent monitoring limits is included at enclosure 2. c. An information paper summarizing the criteria and costs for disposition of hazardous waste from Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System (to include material designated as "3X") is included at enclosure 3. Please let me know if you request additional information on any of these topics. Sincerely, Enclosures Copies Furnished: Mr. Donald Siebenaler, Board on Army Science and Technology, 2101 Constitution Avenue NW MH294, Washington, DC 20418

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The U.S. Army Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program was established with the goal of destroying the nation's stockpile of lethal unitary chemical weapons. Since 1990 the U.S. Army has been testing a baseline incineration technology on Johnston Island in the southern Pacific Ocean. Under the planned disposal program, this baseline technology will be imported in the mid to late 1990s to continental United States disposal facilities; construction will include eight stockpile storage sites.

In early 1992 the Committee on Alternative Chemical Demilitarization Technologies was formed by the National Research Council to investigate potential alternatives to the baseline technology. This book, the result of its investigation, addresses the use of alternative destruction technologies to replace, partly or wholly, or to be used in addition to the baseline technology. The book considers principal technologies that might be applied to the disposal program, strategies that might be used to manage the stockpile, and combinations of technologies that might be employed.

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